Weekly Editorial - Topics from February, 2011

According to a report the newspaper received this week from a reader, an extremist Muslim cleric is planning a March rally at the White House in hopes of sparking a revolution that would turn the United States into an Islamic state. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Anjem Choudary told a reporter that “The event is a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims to rise up and establish the Islamic state in America.”
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In the coming weeks you will hear or receive information on continuing Appling’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). If approved by the voters of Appling County, the 2012 SPLOST is projected to bring in about $18 million for various projects over a period of six years.
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I believe with all my heart that Appling County has one of the best school systems in the state. The great majority of administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals, cafeteria staff, bus drivers and other employees work extremely hard to make sure the children of Appling County have a brighter future.
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